The Men in Green commenced Day 5 with a precarious overnight score of 0/2 in a chase of 319 runs. Imam-ul-Haq (12) and Shan Masood (35) started things for the hosts with a 35-run partnership before Ish Sodhi sent Imam back to the pavilion.
Babar Azam (27) walked in at the number five position and looked to play positively. He hit a few boundaries and looked in a nice rhythm. However, Michael Bracewell dismissed him in the 23rd over with a sharp off-spinner to give New Zealand a massive breakthrough.
Fans were highly disappointed with Babar Azam’s batting effort as they felt he let his team down when they needed him the most. They also pointed out his failures in the pressure situations in the fourth innings of the series against England and New Zealand. Fans went on to criticize him for the same through their tweets on the Twitter platform.
Here are some of the reactions:
“I don’t think he should be replaced”- Inzamam-ul-Haq backs Babar Azam to continue as Pakistan captain
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq recently put his weight behind Babar Azam’s leadership credentials and reckoned that there is no need to replace him. Inzamam emphasized that Babar is not getting bogged down under the pressure of captaincy as he has been scoring runs consistently.
Sharing his views on Babar’s captaincy, Inzamam was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan:
Do you agree with Inzamam’s views above? Sound off your opinions in the comments section.
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